i went for prayer meeting ytd and even though it was a rather odd experience ,because i was the youngest there, i still managed to feel at ease and learn stuff :)

what impacted me the most from the whole prayer meeting was when we were to break into pairs and pray for each other, i was to share with my partner, Aunty T., one thanksgiving, one faith-leaping experience and one'prayer need'? (i cant rmb what you call it) i couldnt think of anything to say but i had to say something so i said what was on top of my head. as i voiced it out and Aunty T. affirmed me, i realise that hey, i am truly blessed. (AT. is a very sweet lady; when it was her turn to share, she said she couldnt rmb what to say becos she was too happy for me:) i was so touched) so anyway, the three things i shared(i'll try to keep it short) ;'.,

thanksgiving: God's strength for bringing me through these past 2 mths ;because as all my ex classmates wld know, (for e millionth time) i wasnt a smart kid. i wasnt hardworking. i was way behind in sch work etc etc (okay actually i still was in rj..but i managed to clear up alr ;))...but i'm still managing! havent break yet. and my current classmates call me mugger! it' slike a huge improvement lah

faith-leaping encounter: the day before ytd, i was talking to a friend.and somehow our convo led to the topic of Christ. and hearing how he accepted christ in p6 (when his classmate introed him to christ in p6, he accepted christ cos he felt that there must be a higher being governing his life and this earth) encouraged me so much, in retrospect. it was like.wow :) as i reflect his experience against my 'exposed to christianity since birth' exp, it gave me a glimspe of a non-christian 's perspective

prayer need: to be able to cont leaning on God.and appreciate the christian grp that God has bestowed upon me

i was very touched by what AT. also shared. she wants to be prayed for 2 things :
1) to have continual strength and encouragement from God as she holds prayer meetings week after week. because one night, they can have the nos.another week the turn up can be very disappointing. (before i spoke to her, i was also wondering to myself how come she could have so much vigour to hold prayer meetings week after week. and the effort put in is so great.the handouts etc are in such great detail.) after she shared, i realise that behind the strong front, she is actually struggling ; when not many pple turn up and all. then i realise that despite the discouraging numbers, AT still has faith and cont to serve the Lord in this area. i was greatly encouraged.
2) for her two children to have a stronger walk with the Lord. that just melted my heart lah

after the meeting was over, i asked her a rather kiddy qn, ' if God knows our thoughts, why do we still have to pray to Him?'
i like her ans. she said it's cos

sometimes God just wants us to ask him.
(she used an analogy;) when my bro wants smth, sometimes even though i know what he wants, i refuse to give it to him until he asks me for it. [eh i refuse to give him what he wants until he says PLEASE]

oh yea, HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN!!! :):):) LOVE YOU

tdy's trg was after O2. my running khakis were all super drained. including diva. we really didnt have e heart or body or soul to train at all. we were .complaining like anything to ms lee/ling/li while stretching. when mr q told us our workout, 5*900m, he gave us a lil prep talk before that. and to me, it didnt work at all. the only energizer line he said was 'okay if you hit first 4, then dont need to do last one.' doing the first one was surprisingly not as tough as i thought it wld be :) whoopie. then slowly, we went through e rest of the trg. hallelujah!

when i went to e toilet, i just rmbed i forgot to pray b4 trg ;x i gave thanks anyway and i was reminded of the talk i had with AT the day before. 'sometimes God just wants you to ask him before he gives it to you' so, i felt REALLY thankful becos on the trg that i forgot to ask God for strength, he gave it to me without wanting me to ask. heng ah. mrq talked to me after trg and darn i almost burst out crying :( but anyway he asked me to 'go for a walk' . we walked one exterior round of e track lah. i was so honoured;cos he has so many other students to attend to. while walking, i was reminded of my sec sch days when he wld talk to me like alot.("communicate communicate!")

but this time, it's different. now in rj, when he talks to me abt trg, i know that i m not walking alone because i have a bunch of 4 kiddos to lean on when i need help. he was saying that doing one interval after another, he saw that when the previous leader was tired, somebody else will step up and take the lead (partially cos we made it a pt to take turns. but it is really nice to see ppl stepping up :)) and esp so when clar stepped up for the last interval;THE interval.

whats my pt? i feel very encouraged by coach. not only by what he said but also him pointing out that i have a grp of khakis that i can lean on. (in mg, i used to be doing my long runs alone; the rest either in front or behind.) and like most of us believe in christ. can i be not more blessed?